Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 672 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) school football team
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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